Putin signs decree officially recognising Crimea’s independence
Russian President Vladimir Putin wasted no time in recognizing the March 16 secession vote in Crimea, signing a decree 24
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Month: March 2014
Ukrainian government refuses to remove troops from Crimea, prepares for war
In the wake of a March 16 referendum in which Crimeans voted to join the Russian Federation, Ukrainian leaders refused
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Baltic states call Crimea referendum illegitimate
Estonia considers the so-called referendum carried out on March 16 in Crimea, Ukraine, on whether to join the Russian Federation
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Biden to visit Poland and Lithuania to discuss steps over Ukrainian crisis
US Vice President Joe Biden is traveling to Poland and Lithuania this week to show his country’s support for NATO
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Russian occupiers of 1968 and 2014 get a memorial in Prague!
A monument in Olšany cemetery commemorates Russians who provided ‘fraternal assistance’ in 1968 Czechoslovakia or 2014 Crimea. A memorial to
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Slovakia’s presidential elections: Low turnout harms Fico
Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico did not get the result he was expecting in the first round of the presidential
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Bulgaria second-bottom in EU in seeing judiciary as independent
Bulgaria ranked second from bottom in a survey in European Union countries of perceptions of judicial independence. This was the
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US, EU impose sanctions over Crimea vote
President Barack Obama has moved to impose sanction against Russian officials the U.S. sees as implicated in Sunday’s Moscow-backed Crimea
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Crimean parliament votes in favour of union with Russia
Authorities in Ukraine’s separatist Crimean republic say voters have overwhelmingly approved union with Russia in a controversial referendum that has
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